A careers role play morning

On Thursday morning we enjoyed the opportunity to role play some of the careers that we might have when we are older. We were hairdressers, fashion designers, shop keepers, architects and authors.

NSPCC workshop

Class 2 joined in with an informative NSPCC workshop on Wednesday, they were very pleased to meet Buddy in real life!

Aspirations week

We enjoyed finding out about careers we might wish to do when we grow up; vets, textile designers, nutritionists, dirt bike riders, firefighters, mid wives and RAF pilots.

 

Our visit to the Great High House

Whilst the bonfire was being built at school we had a wonderful day at the Ancient High House in Stafford. We were transported back in time to 1660, the year of the great fire of London. We learnt about what life would have been like for rich and poor families at that time, we experienced some of the jobs servants would have had to do, we even had a go at building a wattle and daub wall. The children were really engaged in learning about the impact of the Great Fire of London, including how life changed after it had happened and how it started and spread.

Learning about 2D shapes

We have been learning about 2D shapes in maths, we learnt the names and properties of common 2D shapes and are able to talk about them confidently.

Inspired by A Starry Night

We experimented with acrylic paints last week in our art sessions, exploring the textures we could make by layering paints in different ways. We were inspired by the famous piece of artwork: The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough.

Finding the difference

This week in our maths sessions we have been finding the difference between two amounts, in order to support our understanding of this we built two towers and found the differences between the two towers.

Autumn poetry hook

Next week in our English lessons we will be writing some Autumn poetry, using all of our senses. We went into our forest schools area and used all our senses to create ideas for our poetry next week.

Finishing a warning tale

This week we have been finishing the stories we have been writing in our English Talk for Writing sessions. During our Thursday lesson we wrote the ending of our warning story using adjectives in a noun phrase to add description to our story, on Wednesday we used similies in order to add interest to our writing.

Investigating absorbent materials

We made predictions about which material samples we thought would be the most absorbent, we also explained why we thought this. Then we tested each material using a pipet and counting how many drops we could put on the fabric until the water came through the fabric.